Moseley’s players have been told that the rest of their Championship league campaign will start with tomorrow’s visit of Munster A in the British & Irish Cup.

Mose are already out of the Cup while the Irish side are sure to be fired up as they need all five points to progress. However, Moseley head coach Kevin Maggs says he expects the preparation for the trip to Rotherham on Boxing Day to be rigorous.

Maggs said: “It was a close game over there and we could have easily won that as well.

“We know that Munster are going to come all guns blazing because they need the bonus point to go through.

“They are always going to be a strong side. They’ve got a good squad and will want to compete well.

“It will be the strongest side they have available as they want to advance from the group stages.

“It will be a big test for us and we know it is going to be a big game.

“We need to get a good mix together and start working on our combinations ready for the Rotherham game.”

After exiting the B&I Cup Maggs used the competition to blood young and fringe players against Nottingham last week.

He was rewarded by four tries and a victory that was clinched with the last kick of the match by an Ollie Thomas’s penalty.

However, he says he will be making more changes this week with wing Scott Armstrong, fly-half Sam Olver and back row forward Chris Brightwell, who was sick last week, all ready for a run out.

Maggs said: “There are a couple of boys down on game time and we need to have a good look at everybody and share the game time around.

“The boys who played last week did really well and are definitely ones to watch for the future.

“A couple of boys put their claims forward. People like Joseph Carpenter and Niles Dacres had very good games, as did Reece Marshall, who scored two tries in his first start for Moseley.

“The games with Nottingham have all been very close and anyone could have won all three of them . As it happens we’ve edged the cup games and they got the league one. Last week we were hoping for people to take their opportunities and give us a good game of rugby and it is much the same this week.

“Hopefully it will be a dry and windy day and we’ll see some good rugby.”